PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE SEPT 2025

Hello Shipmates and Associate Members

Shipmates, our reunion is now less than a month away, 28 Sept 2025 through 03 Oct 2025!

Don't forget to register and book your rooms! The reunion is in San Antonio, Texas.

The cutoff date for registration was 27 August 2025 but can still register and there will be a late registration fee per person with AFRI (Armed Forces Reunion, Inc). You must register for the reunion using the Armed Forces Reunion, Inc. registration form provided. Hotel reservations must be made with the hotel.

The cutoff date for hotel registration was also 27 August 2025 and after that our group rate is eliminated. The hotel will accept reservations at the contracted rate or at market rates based on room availability. The Holiday Inn Riverwalk, location is 217 N. St. Mary's San Antonio, TX 78205. To make reservations by phone: Dial 210-224-2500 or toll free at 877-424-2449 and reference the Group Code - HAN.

The agenda and tour/event descriptions, registration form, and hotel information pages for our Sept-Oct 2025 reunion in San Antonio, Tx, were published in the March and June Hannah News and again in email edition, and available on our website.

 Hope everyone is planning to attend for another great time and get together to renew old friendships and make new ones. So far, we have as of 14 August 2025, 49 members have registered thru AFRI so at this time we are looking at 100 folks attending and hope to get a few more to sign up.

Be safe and we will see you at the Reunion.

Dale Montague

President USS Hancock CV/CVA-19 Association